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The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House
- Publisher
- Clipper Large Print
- First published
- 2008
- Length
- ≈ 415 pages
- Reading time
- 11–14 hours
- ISBN
- 140742680X
Reading time assumes 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate. Edition source
What is this book about?
Kate Summerscale’s book is an account of the real-life Constance Kent murder case of 1860 at Road Hill House, and of Jack Whicher, the Scotland Yard detective sent to investigate it.
Source: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
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